Black Scholars in White Space: New Vistas in African American Studies from the Christian Academy

Never before in American history have we seen the number of African Americans teaching at Christian Colleges as we see today. Black Scholars in White Space highlights the recent research and scholarly contributions to various academic disciplines by some of Americas history-making African American scholars working in Christian Higher Education. Many are the first African Americans or only African Americans teaching at their respective institutions. Moreover never before have this many African American female scholars in Christian Higher Education had their research presented in a single cross-disciplinary volume. The scholars in this book spanning the humanities and social sciences examine the issues in public policy church/state relations health care womens issues in higher education theological anthropology affirmative action and black history that need to be addressed in America as we move forward in the 21st century. For these reasons and more Black Scholars in White Space offers timely and historic contributions to the discourse about making the black community a place where men and women thrive and make contributions to the common good.